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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913936 | Device for sound attenuation in a flow duct A silencer in a flow duct (10) comprises at least one plate-shaped element (12) which extends essentially parallel to the throughflow direction (16) of the flow duct. Integrated in the plate-shaped element (12), preferably in the downstre... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7866576 | Filtered shower arm A combination shower arm and water filter having an integrated design for attachment between a water pipe behind a shower wall and a showerhead. The combination shower arm and water filter including a body having a first hollow arm and a second hollow arm connected ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7431224 | Fluid control device The present invention provides a device for reducing the amount of water or other fluid discharged at a tap (4), which device comprises a body member (1) having an inlet adapted to be connected to a supply of water or other fluid, dual outlets through ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7384007 | Shower head structure A shower head structure includes a front cover disc, a water outlet disc, a joint base, a water stopper body and a water stopper. The shower head body is installed to the joint base, and the water stopper body is connected to the water outlet disc, and the water sto... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7361525 | Semiconductor integrated device having solid-state image sensor packaged within and production method for same A semiconductor integrated device comprises: a light-shielding film which shields at least some part of a transfer section of the semiconductor integrated device from light; a first wiring formed in the same layer as the light-shielding film, with one end connected ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350724 | Double-seal jet spray device The invention concerns a water spraying device comprising a filter and a perforated plate which can be removed by being slid respectively through an opening or a hole emerging into a well provided in the body. A pin being inserted in the well to maintain two plugs o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334746 | Seat-lower guide combination A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, including a housing, a homogeneous member defining a continuous wall having a seat portion and a guide portion, a closure member, and a metering disk. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet disposed along a lon... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7273526 | Thin-film deposition apparatus A gas-feeding apparatus configured to be connected to an evacuatable reaction chamber includes a gas-distribution head for introducing gases into the chamber through a head surface. The gas-feeding head includes a first section for discharging a gas through the head... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267724 | Thin-film disposition apparatus A dividing plate for a thin-film deposition apparatus divides the interior of the vacuum reaction chamber into a plasma discharge space and a film deposition process space, by fixing or connecting a plurality of laminated plates together by securely bonding them ove... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7246615 | Atomising nozzle and filter and spray generating device A nozzle assembly for use in atomizing and generating sprays from a fluid. The nozzle assembly includes two members, each with generally planar surfaces, that are joined together. A first set of channels is formed in the generally planar surface of a first one of th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243863 | Shower head The invention relates to a shower head containing a cup-like housing (1) that, in particular, is injection molded out of plastic. The cup bottom has an opening (3) for placing a connection element (4) therethrough. A spray disk element (7... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235176 | Shower head with water purification function A shower head for purifying water includes a filter cartridge positioned within in a holding part, a purified water flow path passing through a purification material and a raw water flow path not passing through the purification material. A flow path switching valve... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232076 | Water spreading in evaporative coolers A water spreader arrangement for use in an evaporative air cooler in which the spreader includes an inlet leading to generally vertical projections disposed over several levels. The projections are adapted to divide a single stream of water entering the inlet into m... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204886 | Apparatus and method for hybrid chemical processing A method and apparatus for performing multiple deposition processes is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a chamber body and a gas distribution assembly disposed on the chamber body. In one embodiment, the method comprises positioning a substrate su... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7175713 | Apparatus for cyclical deposition of thin films An apparatus for cyclical depositing of thin films on semiconductor substrates, comprising a process chamber having a gas distribution system with separate paths for process gases and an exhaust system synchronized with operation of valves dosing the process gases i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168932 | Apparatus for nonwoven fibrous web Disclosed is an apparatus for producing nonwoven fibrous webs. The apparatus comprises an extrusion die, first and second fluid supplies in cooperation with the die, first and second extrusion capillaries, first counterbores allowing fluid communication between firs... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143897 | Water filter A showerhead having a replaceable water filter assembly. The showerhead having a compact body with releasably coupled pivotable element connected to the water filter assembly. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137575 | Fire hose nozzle A nozzle for use with a fire hose is capable of varying a discharge pattern while maintaining the total water discharge amount at a fixed level. A first tube 4 is connected to a fire hose, a second tube 5 is screwed onto the first tube, and a throttle ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7101795 | Method and apparatus for depositing refractory metal layers employing sequential deposition techniques to form a nucleation layer A method and system to form a refractory metal layer on a substrate features nucleating a substrate using sequential deposition techniques in which the substrate is serially exposed to first and second reactive gases followed by forming a layer, employing vapor depo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097122 | Filtered shower arm A combination shower arm and water filter having an integrated design for attachment between a shower wall and a showerhead. The combination shower arm and water filter includes a housing having a number of components that may be easily manipulated, and which may be... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090153 | Flow conditioning system and method for fluid jetting tools According to one embodiment of the invention, a flow conditioning system for fluid jetting tools includes a housing having a plurality of jet nozzle openings and a fluid straightener disposed within the housing. The fluid straightener is defined by one or more vanes... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085616 | Atomic layer deposition apparatus A method and apparatus for atomic layer deposition (ALD) is described. The apparatus comprises a deposition chamber and a wafer support. The deposition chamber is divided into two or more deposition regions that are integrally connected one to another. The wafer sup... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066194 | Valve design and configuration for fast delivery system Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for rapid delivery of pulses of one or more reactants to a substrate processing chamber. One embodiment of a valve body includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. A valve chamber is in... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066408 | Fuel injection valve There is provided a fuel injection valve in which nozzle holes are formed on a metering plate and fuel flowing on a face of the metering plate on the upstream side is injected outside of a face of the metering plate on the downstream side through the nozzle holes. T... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059543 | Liquid sprayers A liquid sprayer includes a casing (1) having a flow-through channel composed of sequentially joined inlet portion (2) formed as a converging tube, a cylindrical portion (3) and an outlet portion (4) formed as a conical diffuser. A length... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048523 | Proportioning pump including integral orifice Mix and air combine in a mixing chamber of a housing of a frozen product system to form a mixture. A cap received in one end of the housing includes an air inlet, a mix inlet, and two mixture outlets. An integral orifice received in the air inlet regulates the amoun... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022948 | Chamber for uniform substrate heating Embodiments of the invention generally provide an apparatus and a method for providing a uniform thermal profile to a plurality of substrates during heat processing. In one embodiment, a cassette containing one or more heated substrate supports is moveably disposed ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021570 | Fuel injection device having injection hole plate A nozzle holder includes a support portion, which supports a downstream end surface of a planar wall of an injection hole plate. The injection hole plate provided with injection holes is welded to one of the valve body and the nozzle holder. The planar wall may be c... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6998579 | Chamber for uniform substrate heating In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided for heating substrates. The first apparatus includes (1) a chamber having a bottom portion and a top portion; (2) a plurality of heated supports disposed within the chamber to support at least two substrates thereon; ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998014 | Apparatus and method for plasma assisted deposition Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method of plasma assisted deposition by generation of a plasma adjacent a processing region. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a substrate processing chamber including a top shower plate, a powe... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979192 | Burner head and gas burning appliance provided with such a burner head Disclosed is a burner head capable of securing heat resistance and durability characteristics and improving the quality of machining at the same time, capable of easily and stably machining a material into a complicated shape. A second metal primary material of the ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6960077 | Low noise modular blade burner A burner (1), fed with a mixture of fuel and air, comprising a body (2) consisting of two half-shells having a plane of symmetry, inside said body a Venturi tube (3) being defined, provided with and inlet (4) into which said mixture of fu... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955211 | Method and apparatus for gas temperature control in a semiconductor processing system A method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of at least one gas flowing into a processing chamber is provided. In one embodiment, a gas temperature control apparatus for semiconductor processing includes a gas delivery line coupled between a processing ch... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951804 | Formation of a tantalum-nitride layer A method of forming a tantalum-nitride layer (204) for integrated circuit fabrication is disclosed. Alternating or co-reacting pulses of a tantalum containing precursor and a nitrogen containing precursor are provided to a chamber (100) to form layers ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6936906 | Integration of barrier layer and seed layer The present invention generally relates to filling of a feature by depositing a barrier layer, depositing a seed layer over the barrier layer, and depositing a conductive layer over the seed layer. In one embodiment, the seed layer comprises a copper alloy seed laye... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935581 | Shower head with nozzles having self cleaning tips A shower head having a plurality of nozzles, with the exterior finish of both the shower head housing and the nozzles being consistent. For example, both the shower head and the nozzles may have either a chrome or a brass exterior finish. The nozzles of the shower h... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6916398 | Gas delivery apparatus and method for atomic layer deposition One embodiment of the gas delivery assembly comprises a covering member having an expanding channel at a central portion of the covering member and having a bottom surface extending from the expanding channel to a peripheral portion of the covering member. One or mo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916174 | Gas burner A burner having an elongate, generally tubular sheet metal body having an inlet end, a closed distal end and a tubular segment extending between the ends. The inlet end is formed to define a gas orifice holder which is adapted to mount a gas orifice element. The inl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915592 | Method and apparatus for generating gas to a processing chamber A method and apparatus for generating gas for a processing system is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating gas for a processing system includes an unitary, isolatable, transportable canister having a plurality of first spacing elements, a pluralit... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912756 | Lance for injecting fluids for uniform diffusion within a volume An injection lance for injecting a fluid over a predefined target area within a system includes a support block with an inlet side and an outlet side. A plurality of channels are disposed non-parallel with respect to each other within the support block and extend be... | 07/05/2005 |
